BUG: getsockopt for IPX_MAX_ADAPTER_NUM Fails on Windows 95

ID: Q139131

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When an application calls getsockopt with option IPX_MAX_ADAPTER_NUM on Windows 95, the call fails with Winsock error 10042 (Bad Protocol Option).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are reasearching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base illustrates a way to use getsockopt() and IPX_MAX_ADAPTER_NUM to enumerate addresses for Winsock families other than IP. This example works in Windows NT, but because of the problem documented in this article, it will not work in Windows 95

Q129315 How to Use WinSock to Enumerate Addresses

Keywords : kbnetwork kbAPI kbSDKPlatform kbWinOS95bug kbWinsock kbGrpNet
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